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Life Is A Minestrone - 10cc
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Tabbed by: axe victim

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Tuning: EADGBe


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| s  slur - very rapid slide, sounds like one note
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato or sustain
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  bend
| r  relax bend
| pb pre-bend
| ^  quarter tone bend
|(x7678x) chord shape
|(02:10) time marker
| t = thumb ( fretting hand )
| i = index finger ( fretting hand )
| m = middle finger ( fretting hand )
| r = ring finger ( fretting hand )
| p = pinky  ( fretting hand )



Quirky number from The Original Soundtrack album.  


Intro:

___D_______________________________________________________________

E|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
B|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
G|-11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
D|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
   t


E|---Ca| dd9-----------------------------------------------------------

E|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
B|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
G|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
D|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
   t

Verse: 


___Bb______________________________________________________________
" I'm dancing on the White House    lawn                    sipping... "
E|-6-------6-----------6---6------|-6-------6-----------6---6------|
B|-6-------6-----------6---6------|-6-------6-----------6---6------|
G|-7-------7-----------7---7------|-7-------7-----------7---7------|
D|-8-------8-----------8---8------|-8-------8-----------8---8------|
A|-8-------8-----------8---8------|-8-------8-----------8---8------|
E|-6-------6-----------6---6------|-6-------6-----------6---6------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


( Same strum pattern )

___Ab_(466544)_____________________________________________________
 " tea     by  the Taj     Ma-hal   at      dawn... "



___Gm_______________________________D7__________Eb7________________
 " Hanging round  the  gardens of   Bab  - y  - lon... "
E|-3-------3-----------3---3------|--------------------------------|
B|-3-------3-----------3---3------|-3-----------4------------------|
G|-3-------3-----------3---3------|-5-----------6------------------|
D|-5-------5-----------5---5------|-4-----------5------------------|
A|-5-------5-----------5---5------|-5-----------6------------------|
E|-3-------3-----------3---3------|--------------------------------|


___Eb7______________________________________________________E7_____
         " Minnie  Mouse has got it all sewn up... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---7------|
D|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|-8---8---8---8---8---8---9------|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---7------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


___Eb7______________________________________E7______Eb7_____E7_____
    " She gets more fan mail than the pope... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6-------7-------6-------7------|
D|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|-8-------9-------8-------9------|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6-------7-------6-------7------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


___Ab7______________________________A7______Ab7_____A7______Ab7____
     " She takes the mickey out of  all     my      pho  -  bias... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---6-------5-------6------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---5-------4-------5------|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---7-------6-------7------|
E|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---5-------4-------5------|


___B5_______________________________G5_____________________________
 " Like signing cheques to ward off double pneumonia... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
A|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|



Chorus:


___E_(022100)______________________________________________________
     " Life is a   mi   -  nestrone... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12-10-------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------13--11--9--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|


___E_(022100)______________________________________________________
    " Served up with parmesan cheese... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12-10-------------|
G|-13-----------------------------|---------------------13--11--9--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


___E_(022100)______________________________________________________
     " Death is a  cold    lasagne... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12b14r12b14r12b14r12~|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-11-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


___E_(022100)________________________________________________________G_
     " Suspended in deep freeze... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---|
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12-10-------------|---|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------13--11--9--|-12-|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---|


Instrumental part:

___G_______C/G______G__C/G_____G___________________________________
  ( piano arranged for guitar )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|--------------------------------|
G|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|--------------------------------|
D|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|--------------------------------|
  ( lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___G_______C/G______G__C/G_____G____________________G_____Am7__G/B_
  ( piano arranged for guitar )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|-----------------0-----1-----3--|
G|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|-----------------0-----0-----0--|
D|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|-----------------0-----2-----0--|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------x-----0-----2--|
E|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|-----------------3--------------|
  ( lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


E|---C-------| F/C-----C---F/C-----C--------------------C-----G/B--Am7-
  ( piano arranged for guitar )
E|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|-----------------0--------------|
B|-1-------1-------1---1-------1--|-----------------1-----3-----1--|
G|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|-----------------0-----0-----0--|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------0-----2--|
A|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|-----------------3-----2-----0--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ( lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
G|-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
D|-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


___G_______C/G______G__C/G_____G___________________________________
  ( piano arranged for guitar )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|--------------------------------|
G|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|--------------------------------|
D|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|--------------------------------|



Repeat Intro.
Repeat verse.
Repeat chorus.


8 bar section:


E|-----------| A6----------A-------A6-------A-------A6------A----------
     " Love is a   fire of     fla   -  ming    bran  - dy... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------7---7---7---5-------7--|-----5-------7-------5----------|
G|---------6---6---6---6-------6--|-----6-------6-------6----------|
D|---------7---7---7---7-------7--|-----7-------7-------7----------|
A|-0-------0---0---0---0-------0--|-----0-------0-------0----------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


E|-----------| A6--A---A6------A---A6----------------------------------
     " U - pon a   crepe   suzette... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------7---5---7-------5---7--|--------------------------------|
G|---------6---6---6-------6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|---------7---7---7-------7---7--|--------------------------------|
A|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


E|---C9-(x32333)-----------------------------------------------------|
   " Let's get this romance    coo   -  king,   ho   -  ney... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-8-------8---8---8---8-------8--|-----8-------8-------8----------|
G|-7-------7---7---7---7-------7--|-----7-------7-------7----------|
D|-8-------8---8---8---8-------8--|-----8-------8-------8----------|
A|-7-------7---7---7---7-------7--|-----7-------7-------7----------|
E|-8-------8---8---8---8-------8--|-----8-------8-------8----------|
   t       t   t   t   t       t        t       t       t


E|---C9-(x32333)-----------------| B9-(x21222)-------------------------
     " But let us  not for  -  get.... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-8-------8---8---8---8-------7--|---------7---7---7---7---7---7--|
G|-7-------7---7---7---7-------6--|---------6---6---6---6---6---6--|
D|-8-------8---8---8---8-------7--|---------7---7---7---7---7---7--|
A|-7-------7---7---7---7-------6--|---------6---6---6---6---6---6--|
E|-8-------8---8---8---8-------7--|---------7---7---7---7---7---7--|
   t       t   t   t   t       t            t   t   t   t   t   t  


Repeat chorus.
Repeat instrumental part.
Repeat chorus.
Repeat 8 bar section.
Repeat chorus to end.